George M Guess

Biographic Data

ID5912883
NAMEGeorge M Guess
GIVEN NAMESGeorge M
FAMILY NAMEGuess
SIGNATUREGUESS G M
AFFILIATIONSJackson State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS14
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1975
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
H-INDEX1

  • How Development Should Not Be Done

    Open AccessGeorge M GuessARTICLEPublic Administration Review2008References: 2

  • Adjusting Fiscal Decentralization Programs to Improve Service Results in Bulgaria and Romania

    Open AccessGeorge M GuessARTICLEPublic Administration Review2007References: 2

    Fiscal decentralization programs are works in progress, and expenditure roles often need to be adjusted to improve service delivery. The Balkan countries of Romania and Bulgaria, both needed for accession to the European Union in 2007, must demonstrate positive results from their fiscal decentralization programs in the social services area. Focusing on social service delivery, this paper explores how the design of fiscal decentralization programs…

  • Comparative Decentralization Lessons from Pakistan, Indonesia, and the Philippines

    Open AccessGeorge M GuessARTICLEPublic Administration Review2005Cited by: 12References: 1

    This article provides an analytic framework to guide regimes that are designing or implementing decentralization programs. It is based on a comparison of three Asian cases of fast-track decentralization. The framework suggests that regimes contemplating devolution must face fundamental issues of (1) background support, (2) culture and institutions, and (3) technical design and sequencing. It can be used by regimes to compare the relative difficul…

  • Distortions in Urban Tranportation Planning

    George M Guess, Aurelio Menéndez Menéndez et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1994

  • Inflation, recession and the federal budget deficit (or, blaming economic problems on a statistical mirage)

    Open AccessGeorge M Guess, George Guess et al.ARTICLEPolicy Sciences1986References: 4

  • Role Conflict in Capital Project Implementation

    George M GuessARTICLEPublic Administration Review1985

    The theory of incremental budgeting holds important implications for evaluating the success of capital budget projects. Guardian and spender role conflicts influence the performance of complex federal projects, such as urban rail transit. When one or more of these roles is weak or absent, the project tends to suffer construction delays and cost overruns. Rail transit construction management presents stresses local control and self certification a…

  • Profitability Guardians and Service Advocates

    George M GuessARTICLEPublic Administration Review1984References: 2

    The 1970 Rail Service Passenger Act established the twin objectives of service and profitability for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC or Amtrak). These objectives reflect distinct clusters of values in the American political culture that have been in historic conflict. They also represent different roles of the branches of government as expressed in the doctrine of separation of powers. Though synthesis of these values is not pos…

  • The Political Economy of American Rural Development

    George M Guess, Stephen J Fitzsimmons et al.ARTICLEPublic Administration Review1983

  • Recent Public Administration Literature in Costa Rica

    Open AccessGeorge M Gue, George M GuessARTICLELatin American Research Review1980

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  • Pasture expansion, forestry, and development contradictions

    Open AccessGeorge M GuessARTICLEStudies in Comparative…1979Cited by: 1

  • Narrowing the Base of Costa Rican Democracy

    Open AccessGeorge Gue, George M Guess et al.ARTICLEDevelopment and Change1978Cited by: 1

  • Mass Transit and the Politics of Technology

    George M Guess, Stephen ZwerlingARTICLEThe Western Political Quarterly1975